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E. W. MOCH. FEATHER TIP 0R PLUME.

No. 467,947. Patented Fab. 2, 1892.

/NVENTH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE IV. MOCII, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

FEATHER-TIP OR PLUME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,947, dated February 2, 1892.

Application filed November 7. 1891. Serial No. 411,146. (No specimens.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, EUGENE XV. MOCH, of New York city, New York, have invented an Improvement in Feather-Tips and Plumes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved feathertip or plume which is made from flues stripped from the quill.

The object of the invention is to produce a tip or plume of handsome appearance and one that is durable and can be manufactured at a reduced cost.

It consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of a length of fabric, showing the iiues attached to the tape. Fig. 2 is a face View of the completed tip or plume, and Fig. 3 a crosssection thereof.

In carrying out my invention I strip the fines a from the quill of a natural feather, preferably a peacock-feather, and place them in a suitable press, so that they are made perfectly straight. l Next I attach the flues at their inner ends to a tape or strip b, which is placed directly over the ends of the lilies. The attachment may be effected by sewing c c or by gluing, as may be preferred. In I(his way I obtain a length of fabric consisting of flues projecting with their heads all to one side of the connecting tape. The lues are next curled, and then the fabric is cut up into suitable lengths. Each length is doubled upon itself, so that all the ues project outwardly with their heads. The inner ends of the fines that are secured to the tape are, however, made to overlap, Fig. 3, so that the secltion of tape forming the right half of the tip or plume is placed directly above or below the section of tape forming the left half of the tip or plume. Finally a quill dis sewed over the overlapped or central ends of the lines when the article is completed. It is understood, of course, that in forming a tip the fabric is cut into short sections and that the quill is made to project at one end, while in making plumes the fabric is cut into larger sections with the quill of the same length as the plume itself.

\Vith my improvement I obtain a tip or plume with a proper radial apex and with two sets of latcrally-projecting lines, each forming one-half of the feather. The roots or inner ends of all the iiues are confined in place and concealed by two sections of superposed tape and an upper quill, thus forming a very strong and serviceable article.

That I claim is- A feather-tip or plume composed of a series of radially-projecting Iiues, a doubled central tape to which the roots of the flues are attached, and a superposed quill, substantially as specied.

EUGENE IV. MOCH.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIEsEN, A. JoNGHMANs. 

